The Beauty of Mughal Architecture
Image via SandeepaChetan’s Travels
We love looking at architecture from all around the world. Actually, whenever we travel we can’t help but comment on this building or that – wondering which architect built it, or what his or her inspiration was, and of course – when it was built. We suppose it has a little bit to do with the fact that we’re developers ourselves, but there’s just so much history to be learned from buildings.
We’ve taken a look at modern and traditional Japanese architecture, delved a bit into our a love for Danish architects and their first-class projects, and now we’re going to take a trip back in time and head to Mughal-era India.
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